We've had a bit of a session. We decided we should do a bit of mixing, selected the tracks, mixed them, sorted the running order, took the album cover, designed the sleeve and uploaded the finished product to Bsndcamp. Here's it is - Tortoise. harrisonanddunkley.bandcamp.com/album/tortoise

If we were Tom Waits our new LP would be called ‘For No Man’. He’s missing a trick here.

It’s time to sort a new release. It’s all going very well. Here’s a pic of Banjo Corner.

RIP Sly Dunbar - the ultimate drummer. Such sad news. Here are Sly & Robbie's Taxi Gang live in Germany in 1981. Watch the full Black Uhuru concert at 📺🇯🇲🥁▶️ youtu.be/NNq1XOCYBu8

Every Cov fan, or just those who were there at the time, should want this book. Love this @nesky999.bsky.social

Buddy and his bear

Here's a Sunday morning read for you, including guest appearances by Florian Schneider, Coventry Market, Telly Savalas, Clint Eastwood, Stirling Moss and @aaronjlaw.bsky.social (I only do these things to amuse myself) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Got new music? Got old music? untidyradio.com is looking at you. Send us you music. You know you want to. All genres. #music #musicsky

Political cartoonists are not fuckin’ around this week. (thread) 1. Pat Bagley

Just to be clear, Grok-based CSAM and misogynist content is a free-speech issue, but not in the way people are saying. Having misogynistic content *chills* free speech, by making it harder for women to exercise their free speech.

An unexpected treat.

Buddy particularly enjoys wildlife documentaries, here Attenborough’s Wild London

This was our most shared track last year - but next to no views on YouTube. Crazy. Pete reckons this is peak Harrison & Dunkley. youtu.be/nEejV-QWqDA?...

What drugs are the US government taking??

Just watched this on Medici TV - absolutely superb! www.youtube.com/watch?v=w820...

Midnight Transmissions coming soon on untidyradio.com 3 hours of bips, bops and beeps every night at midnight(uk) Submissions/Suggestions wanted. #experimental #ambient #triphop #electronic #soundtrack #synth #instrumental #music #musicsky

Sadly couldn’t get a young musician colleague to do a rendition of Mouldy Old Dough by Lieutenant Pigeon at a local karaoke night. Shame

Buddy says hi.

Just filed my final copy of the year… A Coventry Christmas Day tale including King Herod, the Blitz, Alan Carr, Sufjan Stevens and the BBC Russia editor…

Our Harley Benton Resonator has been set up by John at Noise Works in Coventry. Nice. Bear photo bomb…

Trump: burger eating surrender monkey

Astonishingly bad parking.

Not posting much at the moment - but here’s a couple of rescue cats settling in to their new home

Holiday snaps

I tell you what is weird - I have a rather nice Peruvian brandy just in. Lovely - made by women using grapes from a women's collective vineyard. It's called Macchu Pisco. Pisco, the city in Peru, has just appeared in our 50 top cities on Spotify - spooky!

The @petshopboys.co.uk at Warwick Castle tonight - brilliant.

To celebrate the return of Harrison & Dunkley I’ve put some flat-wound nylon strings on my acoustic bass. Nice.

When I was young I thought that the bright folks, scientists, engineers designing ever more destructive weapons, were the greatest threat to humanity. Now we have the rise of the dumb - climate denial, anti-vax, populists with their fear of reality. It’s their turn. Oddly I think they might succeed.

Having a day off work, but Buddy’s still hard at it.

Massive music weekend in Brum... Supersonic, Moseley Folk and - of course - Noose Fest... Spoke to some of those involved about the Ozzy effect... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Get out of the plant pot!

Matching pair

Someone asked how the bubbles in champagne are produced and I explained that the little yeasty fellahs eat the sugar and the bubbles are their farts. Apparently an explanation not used by the fizz marketing folks.

Fabulous www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...

Ozzy. RIP.

Halictina.

Roxy Music fans 👀. A new episode of The Midnight Special has just been added to YouTube featuring three songs by the band filmed live at the University of Chicago in 1975. The show also stars the Ohio Players, Graham Central Station, The Strawbs and Larry Gatlin ▶️📺 youtu.be/MhULHDKEkH8

Buddy says bed time

It’s been a bit of a thing, but we’re here! #royalopera #Semele #Handel #PrettyYende

As we finished our session yesterday I noticed this poor little bee absolutely exhausted in the window. Revived with sugar water!

Went to Edgbaston yesterday. Sat down. Root got out. Got home from work today. Sat down to #TestMatchSpecial. Root got out. Bugger.

A very friendly European Comma butterfly sitting on our snacks. S/he seems to like hanging out with us

BlueSky friends @harrisonanddunkley.bsky.social @therealmichaellee.bsky.social @jcmillermusic.bsky.social @arpraxis.bsky.social @niclimusic.bsky.social @badbubblemusic.bsky.social @distantimages.bsky.social @barleystation.bsky.social @estelladawn.bsky.social here open.spotify.com/playlist/1Hx...

My last Sabbath offering... About as much fun as you can have with a Getty Images login: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What no economist could have predicted… the Ozzy-led recovery: www.bbc.com/news/article...

People on BlueSky don’t really do pre-saves, do they? A pity. Lots of you would enjoy this “weird but beautiful” tune copyrighted @deluxemixing.com show.co/mNl8CME

Harrison & Dunkley were not invited to play the Bezos’ wedding. Just in case you were wondering.

Be the first one on your block To have your boy come home in a box. youtu.be/CXuSQcyuPU8?...

Oh my word - the fabulous @inaturalist.bsky.social app has identified Buddy - a Grand Champion Siamese cat (in retirement, he’s a rescue) as a DOMESTIC DOG!!! He’s lawyering up.

I'd sort of forgotten that we'd done this. So good. Also a reminder when space exploration was more than just the end result of billionaires seeing who can piss higher up the wall... www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXjx...